Value of the Rome Town is not yet appreciated
The article argues people overlook local town advantages due to familiarity with home conditions. It highlights how a weeklong trip reveals real benefits of nearby towns, including lower prices, diverse goods, and strong community services, urging appreciation of hometown value and investment in rural towns.
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Rome
Tom
Comes Teto
Syelis Siasth
Cere
Aston Bale
California
Omaha
Vanety
Chicago
Electricity From Sunlight Scientists Tackle Solar Power Challenge
The article notes that harnessing sunlight for energy is an old idea warmed by experiments in Florida where Theodore W Case built cells converting solar energy to storage battery power. A solar generator concept is described as a rotating roof mounted unit with electrolytic cells that react to sun rays, producing measurable amperage and voltage as cells are connected in series or parallel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Theodore W Case
Testing Would Be Airmen In The Royal Flying Corps
The article describes harsh tests for Royal Flying Corps candidates focusing on physical and mental fitness. It explains nerve strength, respiration, sight and hearing, and endurance under fatigue with instruments measuring reflexes and breathing. It notes the need for steadiness and stamina to operate aircraft levers over long periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Flying Corps
Royal Flying Corps
Downfall of Germany as War Causes Food Emigration
A Dutch-born printer recounts his wartime experience in Germany, detailing severe food shortages, hunger, and personal hardship. He notes Germans hoarding supplies, observes mass emigration of German women and children to Holland Sweden and other neighbors, and cites Vorwärts on 100000+ sent abroad with government approval to avert famine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PM. van der Kiei
Holland
New York
Sojoern Ieee
Sao Cramer Ibis
Teutonic
Belgium
Serbia
Germany
Seldon
Touett
Berlin
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Vorwaehts
Magistrate Confronted by Man Who Keeps Word
A provincial town canvasser encounters a cottage door where a man named in a retort refuses to fight. The reply recalls that two years ago the Magistrate himself fined him twenty shillings for fighting in a prior skirmish and that he had vowed not to repeat the offense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Smith
Inhumanity of Germans in East Africa Prison Camp
Excerpt from a court martial report describes German officer torturing a native to obtain evidence against a British missionary. Two lashed natives recanted, a third was flogged and pressed to swear. Missionary Rev EW Doutta and his wife recount conditions for Allied prisoners in German held territory.
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East Africa
Batte
EW Doutta
Church Missionary Society
Africa
Burgin
Sax Hobbie
Mr" Deutton
Tabara
Organ of Growth in Human Body Found
Berkeley scientists at the University of California announce isolation of a substance in the pituitary gland that may control body growth. Dr T B Robertson, professor of biochemistry, says tethelin has been isolated after four years of experiments and could mark a major milestone in biological science, with long term implications for stature.
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University of Cale
Berkeley
T. B. Robertson
de Robertson
Weak puny babies common to tired mothers and disease
The statement notes that weak infants are common among tired mothers and prone to many diseases in healthy children. It presents a general health observation without citing a specific event, date, or named entities.
War effort of Britain hailed as greatest marvel in history
A neutral writer lauds Britain’s WWI mobilization, calling Britain a vast war machine surpassing all history. The piece notes Britain’s ability to rapidly raise armies, produce ships, aircraft, munitions, and sustain overseas trade while uniting industry and people behind a war aim.
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Great Britain
Boston
Wall Street Journal
Britain
Europe
Germany
South Atlantic
France
Attica
Canal
Dardanelles
Arles
Atres
Belgiumo
Serbia
United States
Ule
Ims
England
Prussias
Tractor Power Replaces Horse in Farm Labor
Kansas Agricultural College instructor WH Wders argues tractors will replace horses in farm work as engines become capable of every task. He notes the horse once filled the slave role, and the tractor’s rise signals changes in methods and costs. next spring three traction companies plan row crop engines, illustrating progress in manufacturing.
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Hegins
WH Ders
Harm Motors
Kansas Agricultural College
Sander
Sanders
Australian proxy marriage bill sparks wartime union debate
The Federal Parliament debates a proxy marriage provision driven by Australian women's groups seeking wartime stability. Critics cite prolonged service and separations as disruptive, while supporters point to security and separation allowances. many Australian soldiers have wed English partners, echoing French law.
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Rugnes
Australia
England
Incomplete Market Tale Speaks of Swindled Creditor Debt
A fragmentary exchange recounts a woman taking money and leaving, with the man noting she won’t live with him due to alleged swindling of creditors. The wording suggests a gossip or personal quarrel interpreted through financial deceit.
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Denver
Didates
Mrs. Winslow
Beth
Lloyd George
Vom
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